The England squad were described as “heroes” and “national treasures” in today’s daily national newspapers despite their 2-1 defeat yesterday.

Andy Walker, senior communications manager for England said on Twitter: “The morning after being 22 minutes from a World Cup final but waking up to these front & back pages confirms the significant progress this England squad has made over the last 7 weeks.”

https://twitter.com/_andywalker_/status/1017255025234661376

But not everyone was happy with the British press.

Croatian midfielder Luka Modric told ITV in a post-match interview that the English media had “underestimated Croatia”, adding that had been a “huge mistake”.

“All these words from them, we take, we were reading and we were saying: ‘OK we will see today who will be tired’. Like I said they should be more humble and respectful of the opponents.”